elsewhere

a wandering mind takes a different path

somewhere south of level

avoiding the trail strewn with silent leaves

laughing at the seeping surrounding quiet

failing for the last time again

a borderless map

dictates the path off the world

trail markers invisible until they are behind

lighting a way back that never fades

the balance of calcium ( Read more... )

why, of all things, do I find myself running out of a joint playing Coldplay? Can't I at least have a more dramatic soundtrack, something worthy of causing me to want burn the memories away?

It would appear that I have inadvertently conditioned myself. So hard to remember that the consequence of making good memories is likely to be pain.

For nearly my entire adult life, I have been old, inside and out. Always the serious look, always the blood chemistry that marks me as a aging couch potato in my 60's ( Read more... )

the Higgs Boson to the stage.

Yep, that's right. You are able to read this due to the search for the Higgs boson. Due to the needs for thousands of scientists to publish results in an easier way while working on the largest, most complex machines ever created, we get to order books and share baby pictures with nearly no effort.

I watched ( Read more... )

A friend mentioned something to me the other day, and asked a question that I have no good answer to. One of those questions that points you at a mirror that you can hardly stand to look into ( Read more... )

I can see it, this arc will attempt to complete soon. When your life consists of closing circles, how do you learn to prevent such an event ( Read more... )

I brought you here under false pretenses ( Read more... )

My normal sleep pattern is pretty weird, and travel to Amsterdam has thrown it even more off, I get a day of work, and then a few extra hours after a couple hours' nap. Which kinda suits me, although I don't wish to stay like this - this city has things for a night owl like me, even on a Sunday night. Back home, not so much ( Read more... )

Up 23 hours ago. After baking 4 pies, tutoring a friend in NYC who is helping me out, disco nap on BART, a bit of work, a bit of a work potluck, talk with proto-adult who is having some trouble at work, 2 glasses of mead, minor software work on production systems at 4:15 Friday afternoon, take kids to SkyHigh & ice cream, find all the CD's I have ( Read more... )

Here in CA, it seems everyone meditates. With all that meditation going on, you'd think there would be a lot more clear thinking in the Golden State. Alas, it is not to be. But what is meditation ( Read more... )